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DEPRIVATION & VULNERABILITY AMONG
ELDERLY IN INDIA
Syam Prasad
Indira Gandhi Institute of Development
Research (IGIDR)
General Arun Kumar Vaidya Marg
Email prasadnatural@gmail.com
Abstract - Changing age structure is one of structural change
that witnessed in the last century. Population ageing is one of its
consequences, which emerges as a global phenomenon in the present day. It is
generally expressed as older individuals forming large share of the total
population. This process is considered to be an end product of demographic
transition or demographic achievements with a decline in both birth and
mortality rates and consequent increase in the life expectancy at birth and
older ages. The Indian aged population is currently the second largest in the
world to that of china with 100 million of the aged. The absolute number of the
over 60 population in India will increase from 77 million in 2001 to 137
million by 2021
“Population Ageing is profound, having
major consequences and implications for all facets of human life. In the
economic area, population ageing will have an impact on economic growth,
savings, investment and consumption, labor markets, pensions, taxation and
inter generational transfers. In the social sphere, population ageing affects
health and healthcare, family composition and living arrangements, housing and
migration.
In this paper we try to document different
aspects of human deprivation in the old age other than the measurement of
income poverty. We mainly take up on aspects of economic, health and social
aspects of deprivation and how it vary across space(sector and state) and
gender and try to map how much it vary in relative terms. It further looks up
on correlates and determines of old age deprivation in India.
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